Pokémon Go Developer Acknowledges Golden PokéStop Issue Ruining Game's Big 9th Anniversary Event, Now 'Investigating' Fix

Pokémon Go's improvement squad has present acknowledged a frustrating in-game bug plaguing the game's large 9th day event, days aft players archetypal reported the issue.

The game's existent 9th day shenanigans absorption connected Gimmighoul, the tiny coin-loving goblin Pokémon that is typically lone disposable erstwhile you link your Pokémon Go relationship to a Nintendo Switch with a transcript of Pokémon Scarlet oregon Violet.

Now, to observe the deed smartphone game's latest anniversary, Gimmighoul has a caller costumed variant and is besides disposable successful its Shiny mentation for the archetypal clip — though the mechanic to stitchery resources to germinate the carnal isn't moving arsenic intended.

Gimmighoul has a unsocial improvement request that requires players to cod 999 Gimmighoul coins, earlier the treasure-hungry creature's appetite tin beryllium sated capable that it transforms into its evolution, Gholdengo. Collecting these coins is meant to beryllium a challenge, with galore players inactive a agelong mode from amassing the required magnitude years aft Gimmighoul's introduction. And it's due to the fact that of this that the existent lawsuit was truthful wide anticipated.

Collecting Gimmighoul coins successful Pokémon Go is imaginable via 2 ways — from coins dropped erstwhile catching Gimmighoul itself utilizing the Coin Bag diagnostic (which requires fussing astir and connecting your telephone to your Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 each clip you privation to usage it) oregon by spinning Golden PokéStops.

Normally, Golden PokéStops lone look erstwhile activated by a Golden Lure (which also requires fussing astir and connecting to a Switch, 5 times successful total) but, during the existent event, any PokéStop tin randomly crook into a Golden PokéStop for a little time. This means the lawsuit is the easiest mode to cod Gimmighoul coins successful a agelong time, oregon it should beryllium — but that the diagnostic is presently bugged successful a mode that is sending fans to societal media successful tremendous frustration.

Gimmighoul.

Imagine seeing a Golden PokéStop connected the horizon, trekking implicit to it, lone to spot it despawn backmost into a regular PokéStop conscionable arsenic you approach. Then ideate seeing different Golden PokéStop connected the skyline determination else, walking implicit there, and having the aforesaid happening happen, implicit and over.

This is the acquisition of galore Pokémon Go fans astatine present, arsenic they fruitlessly hunt Golden PokéStops lone to person them seemingly despawn the infinitesimal they get close.

"Wasted my full luncheon interruption reasoning it was conscionable me," wrote 1 subordinate connected the apical Pokémon Go instrumentality reddit TheSilphRoad.

"This is truthful annoying. It’s excessively blistery to locomotion to the halt and it conscionable disappear," said another, possibly besides stuck successful the UK's existent heatwave.

"This happened to maine 6 times today. I gave up for the day," wrote a third. (You are not alone.)

Unsurprisngly, yes, this is so a bug, the game's improvement squad has present acknowledged — but it is really conscionable a visual issue. In different words, the Golden PokéStop has not despawned aft all, but is conscionable nary longer visible. So, yes, those PokéStops you walked distant from were successful information inactive places to get Gimmighoul coins aft all.

"Golden PokéStops crook bluish earlier spinning," reads the statement of the contented connected the Pokémon Go Help Center website. "Issue description: When approaching a Golden PokéStop it whitethorn crook bluish earlier spinning it. This is simply a ocular bug and does not effect your quality to cod Gimmighoul Coins. Issue status: Investigating."

There are respective different complaints astir the event, too, specified arsenic the information that adjacent if you bash find a Golden PokéStop, the chances of Gimmighoul coins dropping look little than successful erstwhile events. Also, that the non-costumed mentation of Gimmighoul did not look to person had its Shiny mentation switched connected until mid-yesterday day — though this benignant of error, that inactive requires the game's assemblage to spot and study earlier it is rectified is much par for the course.

Pokémon Go's 9th day lawsuit runs until this Sunday, July 6, for fans to proceed trying to cod much Gimmighoul coins. In the meantime, impacted fans person suggested the crippled should present bash much to assistance successful their treasure hunts.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social